22 August 2024 Olis Robotics, the US developer of diagnostics systems for industrial cells, has extended its capabilities to include PLC monitoring, creating what it describes as… Read More
10 July 2024 A US company that specialises in workcell software for robot-driven manufacturing, has announced a “breakthrough” technology that will allow cobots (collaborative robots) to restart autonomously… Read More
9 July 2024 Industrial coding errors are resulting in manufacturing shutdowns that last 30 hours on average, cost $4.2m per hour, and $126m per shutdown, according to a… Read More
3 May 2024 Rockwell Automation has announced a generative AI software package that converts predictions of equipment failures into detailed, actionable work orders for maintenance teams. Called Fiix… Read More
31 May 2022 Schneider Electric has announced a service plan for variable-speed drives that, it claims, will cut the risk of VSD failures by up to 65%, as… Read More
18 May 2022 Schneider Electric has launched a condition-monitoring technology for rotating machines that analyses motor currents rather than relying on traditional vibration-monitoring techniques. It claims that this… Read More
5 November 2021 Schaeffler has announced a tool for aligning rotating shafts which, it says, is particularly easy to use and results in precise shaft alignments. Unlike other… Read More
29 June 2021 Machine failures are causing large industrial facilities to lose an average of more than a day of production (27 hours) every month, at a cost… Read More
1 February 2021 ABB Robotics has launched a condition-based maintenance (CBM) service that allows robot-users to create preventive maintenance schedules for individual robots, or fleets of them, to… Read More
6 May 2020 Senseye, the UK-based maintenance software specialist, has announced an “industry first” technology that pinpoints assets that require immediate attention, by detecting any abnormal behaviours. The… Read More
